Yesterday was Derek Chauvin Day at the LA Times. By my count, the paper ran nine stories about the case, including one in the sports pages. Several of them, I regretted to see, carried express or implied threats to burn the country down if the jury got the verdict wrong.
That wasn't likely. Derek Chauvin was a cruel and callous guy who killed a terrified and helpless man by kneeling on his neck. If he spends the rest of his life in jail that won't be too long. But I also don't much care for threats to burn down America if the jury didn't vote right. Our modern legal system generally does the best that it can. Certainly, none of Chauvin's defense witnesses deserved to have their front doors smeared in pig's blood for testifying on his behalf.
No comments:
Post a Comment